The spider genera Euthycaelus Simon and Schismatothele Karsch (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae)
Author
Guadanucci, José Paulo Leite
Author
Weinmann, Dirk
text
Zootaxa
2014
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3
275
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journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.3
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Schismatothele lineata
Karsch
1879
(
Figs
4
A, B;
Table
7
)
Schismatothele lineata
Karsch
1879
:
544
(description of ♀);
Rudloff
1997
:
12
, figs
12–15
.
Type
material.
Holotype
♀,
S. lineata
,
ZMB
459
, from Caracas, Distrito Federal,
Venezuela
, Gollmer
leg
., examined.
Diagnosis.
Females differ from those of other species by the spermathecae with both dorsal and ventral receptacles fused, the ventral one with long lobes (
Figs
4
A, B). Males unknown. Only
type
material available.
Description.
Holotype
Female (
ZMB
459
). Total length:
24.3
. Carapace: length
8.2
; width
6.7
. Eye tubercle: length
1.1
; width
1.3
. Labium: length
1.1
; width
1.7
. Sternum: length
3.8
; width
3.7
. Basal segment of chelicerae with
10
teeth. Labium subquadrate, with more than
200
cuspules. Maxillae with more than
150
cuspules. Sternum rounded, slight bulge near labium, posterior sigilla away from sternal margin. Thoracic fovea procurved. Spines: Palp: femur (d) 0-0-p
1
, tibia (v) 0-0-ap
2
. Legs: I: femur (d) 0-p
1
-p
1
, metatarsus (v) 0-0-ap
1
; II: femur (d) 0-0-p
1
, metatarsus (v)
0-1
-ap
3
; III: patella (p)
2
, tibia (r)
0-1
-0, (v) 0-0-ap
2
, (p)
0-2
-0, metatarsus (r)
0-1
-
1
, (v)
2
-
2
-ap
5
, (p)
1
-
1
-
1
; IV: tibia (v)
0-2
-ap
3
, (p) 0-
0-1
, metatarsus (v)
0-2
-
1
+ap
5
, (p)
0-1
-
1
, (r)
1
-
1
-
1
. Spermathecae comprise two receptacula, one dorsal and short, one ventral with long lobes (
Figures
4
A–
4
B). Metatarsal scopulae extent (ventral surfaces only): I–II, for distal half; III, for slightly less than distal half; IV on less than half, only few setae. Tarsal scopulae (ventral surfaces only): I–IV divided by longitudinal band of thick setae. Paired tarsal claws with single small tooth.